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How do I get rid of BING? If I can't get rid of BING, I'll have to get rid of Firefox.

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Bing always shows up as my search engine even when I set the default as GOOGLE. How do I get rid of BING?

Bing always shows up as my search engine even when I set the default as GOOGLE. How do I get rid of BING?

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Hi, This could be an issue caused by AdAware or Web Companion from Lavasoft. Uninstall them.

You can look for a file named dsengine.js in these locations. You should only find channel-prefs.js in the "defaults\pref" location. Any file found here apart from channel-prefs.js is suspicious. You can check the content of the file in a text editor (use open with and do not double-click the file).

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\ C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\

You can look for a file named dsengine.cfg in the main Firefox program folder.

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\

Delete the dsengine.js and dsengine.cfg files when present.

Please use more than 1 scanner as each uses diff tech :

Save your Report and google each before deleting anything as do not want to delete something you need, If need help :

Post in only 1 forum, then wait.

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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Bing just overwrites firefox, but does not change the name of the file. You have to reload firefox completely.

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Type about:addons<enter> in the address bar to open your Add-ons Manager. Hot key; (<Control> [Mac=<Command>] <Shift> A)

In the Add-ons Manager, on the left, select Extensions. Remove “ Bing “ Anything.

Also remove SafeSearch, SearchAssist Incognito, FileConverter Addon, SearchLock, DiscreteSearch, WebSearch, Findwide Search Engine

Now do the same in the computer’s Programs Folder.

Windows: Start > Control Panel > Uninstall Programs. Mac: Open the Applications folder. Linux: Check your user manual.

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Thanks will try your suggestion, I have it back working properly. No doubt it will happen again and threr will be the name Bing somewhere. There is nothing there now. Thanks Again!!